"Paul F. Dietz" wrote in message
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wrote:

What may have been short was *refining capacity* in the US,
but that's obviously not an insurmountable obstacle.


And because the refining capacity isn't an insurmountable obstacle, all
passenger airliners, automobiles, and US space shuttles are made mostly
of titanium.

How idiotic.

Paul

I assume you mean that the statement is idiotic because it is untrue.

Certainly automobiles are not made mostly of titanium and the Space Shuttle
contains more aluminum than titanium. Not sure of the per cent composition
of airliners, but I doubt it.

Mike Walsh